“I WAS 36 YEARS OLD…” CARRIE’S ADOPTION STORY
After Carrie’s son was born, she wanted to talk to someone about adoption – but getting information was difficult. Then she contacted The Cradle. Carrie made an adoption plan after her son was born Carrie chose adoption for her son… learn why Carrie, who placed her son for adoption, discusses the support she received from […]
A CRADLE LOVE STORY
Published July, 2012 By The Cradle Staff Marcella Erickson is a resilient woman. Compelled by circumstance to leave home at age 16 and fend for herself, she lived with a family for a number of years as a childcare provider. One day her good friend Loretta, who had trained at The Cradle as an infant […]
THE CRADLE’S FIRST OPEN ADOPTION
Published March 2015 By Samantha Spengler, Intern Susan Cahill was very familiar with The Cradle when she and her former husband, Matthew Schaefer, came here two decades ago to adopt a child. Her dad, John J. Cahill II, had been placed through The Cradle more than 50 years earlier, in 1942. But she and Matthew didn’t […]
SUMMER’S STORY
Published May 2015 By Samantha Spengler, Intern Summer was born in late December 2011 and lived with her birth parents for the first 21 months of her life. When they realized they did not have the support to care for her in the way they had hoped and intended, Summer was placed in foster care until […]
FOR THE LOVE OF ALEX
Published May 2015 By Samantha Spengler, Intern Dave and Maggie Brown applied to The Cradle’s Sayers Center program in September 2010 and went on the waiting list the following February. “We thought we would be able to provide our child with a very diverse family experience,” Maggie says. That June, the couple found out that they had […]
REMEMBERING BONNIE
Published Summer 2014 The Cradle and The Cradle Foundation mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Bonnie Krasny, who passed away in March following a valiant battle with cancer. During her nearly decade-long tenure as Events Manager for The Cradle Foundation, Bonnie worked with volunteer committees to expertly organize several major fundraising events […]
